REGISTER for ACPA24
For ACPA24, 10 Pre-Convention Workshops will be offered on topics relevant and pressing for today’s student affairs and higher education professionals! These Workshops are offered as either a 1-day session for 4 hours, or a 2-day session for a total of 8 hours.
ACPA24 Pre-Convention Workshops
2-Day Sessions | Sunday, 17 March: 1:00-5:00pm & Monday, 18 March 8:30am – 12:30pm
Imagining LGBTQIA2S+ Justice and Equity in Higher Education
Join the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals for a transformative conversation about the future of LGBTQIA2S+ communities in higher education. We will share better, best, and promising practices. We will focus on community building and innovative strategies to address increasingly hostile climates for LGBTQIA2S+ people on campus. Together, we will imagine new possibilities for creating more just campus communities.
Annual Summit for Black Student Affairs Professionals
The annual Summit for Black Student Affairs Professionals at the ACPA Conference provides professional development, fellowship, and networking opportunities for senior, mid-level, and new professionals of African descent (e.g., African Americans, Caribbean, South American) through informal and formal dialogue, mentoring, and workshopping. This year’s summit will focus on recentering Blackness, agency, Black joy, and thriving, while supporting participants in their ability to imagine, plan, and act in ways that dismantle barriers for Black student affairs professionals.
Dean of Students Institute: Excellence at the Center of Care
The Dean of Students Institute, hosted by the ACPA Senior-Level Community of Practice, is a dynamic program designed to equip educational leaders with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel. Through expert-led conversations, interactive sessions, and collaborative networking opportunities, participants will develop a deeper understanding of themselves and the potential for the role of a Dean of Students in higher education. Attendees will leave the institute empowered and ready to create a nurturing environment that promotes success and well-being.
4-Hour Sessions | Sunday, 17 March: 1:00-5:00pm
Thriving and Advancing as Women Leaders in Higher Education
This session will begin by presenting current trends and issues impacting women leaders in higher education’s changing landscape. Facilitators will create a platform for participants to engage deeply in critical dialogue and reflection on professional practice. Next, participants will re-envision and conceptualize their capacity and value as leaders utilizing design think principles- exploring and defining ideal career paths, identifying tangible steps in reaching career goals, and building an intentional and actionable professional development plan to foster personal/professional flourishing.
When and How to Cultivate Brave Spaces
You may use the phrase “brave space,” but how well do you understand the framework this term was coined to describe or its theoretical and philosophical underpinnings? Join us for an engaging workshop to reflect on how brave space was created and has evolved over time. You will leave with new and deeper insights and skills that will help you to act in ways that promote courageous engagement in DEI learning.
4-Hour Sessions | Monday, 18 March: 8:30am-12:30pm
Annual Gathering of Indigenous Student Affairs Professionals
This gathering brings together Indigenous Student Affairs professionals, whether from Indigenous units or elsewhere in their institutions, to explore current opportunities and challenges facing Indigenous students, staff and faculty. This session offers an opportunity for Indigenous practitioners and scholars at all career stages to connect, learn from each other and reflect on the work that has been done and the work still to be done.
Case Law & Legislative Update
How do the recent decisions by SCOTUS impact student affairs practitioners? Legislative and case law decisions are ever-evolving and changing the way Student Affairs practitioners work with students. These decisions impact how practitioners work with students, policies, and procedures. Keeping up to date with legislative and case law decisions that impact practitioners is a grand effort. This workshop pulls them all together for you. Participants will understand recent case law and legislative decisions and how they impact their work.
Critical Trauma-Informed Supervisory Strategies for White Supervisors of Professional Staff
In this session, participants will review a model for critical trauma-informed supervision of student affairs professional staff. Grounded in relevant literature and in experiences of Women of Color student affairs staff who have worked with white supervisors, this session will offer practical strategies for supervising in a trauma-aware and identity-conscious manner. Though the primary audience for this workshop are white student affairs staff who currently supervise other professional staff, anyone is welcome to attend, learn, and contribute.
Registration Rates:
4-hour sessions are $50 and 2-day sessions are $75 making these in-depth sessions affordable options to build additional professional development. Pre-Convention Workshops can be purchased when registering for ACPA24.
Adding a Pre-Convention Workshop to Registration
You can add a Pre-Convention Workshop to your registration at any point prior to Convention. When you register for ACPA24 the Pre-Convention Workshops are listed as an option to add to your registration.
If you have already registered for ACPA24 you can add a Pre-Convention Workshop to your existing registration by using the following steps.
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Log into the ACPA Portal
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Select the “Events” option in the menu bar and then select “My Event Registrations.”
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Click on the green “Withdraw/Modify” button next to your ACPA24 registration.
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In the “Action” area, click on “Select Ticket Options.”
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Select the Pre-Convention Workshop(s) you would like to add to your registration. Then, select “Continue.”
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Select “Save” on the next page and then “Continue.”
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On the next page, verify that the Pre-Convention Workshop has been added to your registration.
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Select your payment method and then select “Process Payment.”
If you need assistance adding a Pre-Convention Workshop, please email [email protected].